Muslims performed Al-Fajr prayer Sunday at the Grand Mosque amid atmosphere full of faith. The mosque received large numbers of worshipers and Umrah performers after easing COVID-19 precautionary measures, canceling social distancing between (...)
Workers have begun removing social distancing stickers from indoor and outdoor corridors, squares and facilities of the Grand Mosque in line with the recent decision to ease precautionary measures and the resumption of receiving Umrah performers and (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has decided to administer vaccination against coronavirus for holders of visit visas.
Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learned from the Ministry of Health sources that the ministry has facilitated the registration and giving appointment (...)
President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall arrived in Jeddah on Friday to perform Umrah Makkah.
At King Abdulaziz International Airport, the President was received by Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi, Advisor to the Governor of Makkah (...)
Arafat has ranked first in the list of the highest temperatures recorded in the world, According to Dr. Abdullah Al-Misnad, a former climate teacher in Al-Qassim University.
The professor, who is the founder and chairman of the Committee for the (...)
MAKKAH — The Zamzam water containers at fixed marble stations are now available for the pilgrims and worshipers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah after a hiatus of over one and a half years.
The Agency for Services and Field Affairs and Environmental (...)
RIYADH – The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that only fully vaccinated pilgrims with two doses will be allowed to apply for the permit for performing Umrah and prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah starting from Sunday, Oct. 10.
The same (...)
The Muslim World League (MWL) Secretary-General and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa has strongly condemned the terrorist attack with two bomb-laden drones on King Abdullah Airport in (...)
Arab World Institute (AWI) Wednesday honored Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and governor of Makkah region, for his literary, intellectual and cultural efforts and contributions that spanned more than 5 (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoys a plentiful and diversified reserve of mining potential whose value reaches some $1.3 trillion and a big reserve of underground gold with a volume of around 323.7 tons.
As everywhere, even in Saudi Arabia gold is (...)
RIYADH – The permit for performing Umrah and prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah is likely only for those pilgrims who have completed vaccination against coronavirus, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learnt from the latest announcement of the Ministry of (...)
RIYADH — Many regions of the Kingdom will witness moderate to heavy rain from Monday to Friday, according to weather forecasts of the National Center of Meteorology.
The Kingdom's atmosphere will be affected by an air depression that will cause (...)
Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), one the largest real estate developers in Saudi Arabia, announced it has sold a parcel of land within its project via a public auction for SR517 million.
The proceeds from the strategic land sale will enable (...)
Workers of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Holy Mosque and the Prophet's Holy Mosque wash more than 1,000 Zamzam water containers at the Haram Grand Mosque in Makkah daily utilizing the best sterilization and disinfection (...)
RIYADH — Saad Al-Hammad, spokesman of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), said that the ministry's intervention has been instrumental in reinstating a Saudi employee who was sacked from a company in the Makkah region over (...)
Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sheikh Wednesday in a virtual forum, sought to activate scientific and educational cooperation between the Saudi and British ministries of education with the aim of improving and developing the quality (...)
أصدر الملك فهد بن عبدالعزيز، رحمه الله، حينما كان وليا للعهد، قرارا عام 1401ه ينص على اعتماد ترجمة مكة إلى (Makkah) فى جميع مراسلات القطاعات الحكومية والخاصة فى المملكة، وإبلاغ الشركات والمؤسسات بهذا القرار.
وجاء ذلك بعد اقتراح من د. معراج ميرزا (...)
President of the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais inaugurated Monday a 24-hour live radio broadcast of Grand Mosque's lessons and sermons via the Manarat Al-Haramain platform in many (...)
"We will strive for our present and future, inspired by the sacrifices of our fathers and forefathers for the sake of our nation and its people."
This is from the text of the address of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on his Twitter (...)
President of the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais inaugurated on Sunday the Field and Digital Saudi Expansions at Grand Mosque Exhibition.
The president said that the exhibition (...)
RIYADH — The Finance Guarantee Program for Small and Medium Enterprises (Kafalah Program) has been instrumental in the provision of financing worth SR432 million to 456 establishments owned by Saudi businesswomen during the first half of 2021.
There (...)
JEDDAH — The Makkah police arrested an Egyptian national on Saturday for harassing women in public places in Jeddah.
The spokesman of Makkah region police said that security authorities were able to identify the person who documented his crimes.
The (...)
RIYADH — New COVID-19 cases dropped below the 50-mark for the first day on Friday with 39 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours after continuing to slide in the last seven weeks from the 500-mark
According to a statement from the Ministry (...)
Wa'ed nearly doubled its financial support to Saudi-based start-ups to SR19.1 million during a national entrepreneurship roadshow, following its decision to issue SR8.9 million in new loans and grants at an event in Yanbu.
The socially distanced (...)
MAKKAH — The total number of qualified female employees working within different agencies at the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque has reached nearly 600.
The Assistant General President for Women's (...)
